Nazis Admit Bomb Losses In Rhineland
Bern reports Germany relaxes censorship and acknowledges RAF raids on the Rhineland and Ruhr over three years of war. Berlin papers discuss damage to dwellings, alarms, and civilian resilience as they urge continued preparedness and avoid mass flights from bombed towns.
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Switzerland
Germany
Rhineland
Ruhr
Cologne
Berlin
Munich
National Zeitung
Essen
Georgia woman 49 sentenced to death for neighbor murder
Mrs Minnie Lee Griffin, 49, a grandmother, was sentenced to die in the electric chair on Aug 7 for the murder of Mil dred Williams, a 20 year old shoe store clerk. Williams' body was found packed in an old trunk in Griffin's basement after disappearance. If carried out, Griffin would be Georgia’s first electrocution of a woman and second female capital punishment in the state, since 1870.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Minnie Lee Griffin
Mildred Williams
Chinese Military Leader Questions Siberia Attack
Gen Li Tsung Jen, a top Chinese military figure, discounts a Japanese push toward Siberia or India. He argues Japan aims to secure resources for internal problems and seeks Australia, not Russia, and doubts Japan can spare troops for a Siberian campaign.
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Siberia
Chungking
India
Li Tsung-Jen
China
Japan
Australia
Russia
Siberian
Grounded Tanker Totals Loss From Tidal Damage
A motor tanker aground on a Cape Elizabeth ledge will be a total loss. Portland Harbor Master says tides ripped holes in the hull and flooded the engine room, endangering about 62000 barrels of oil aboard. The vessel, owned by Boston Fuel Transportation, struck the ledge Wednesday.
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Cape Elizabeth
Charles W. McDoffie
Boston Fuel Transportation, Inc
Jedge
Government buys nearly 600000 pounds strawberries for Britain
Governmental purchases of almost 600000 pounds of strawberries for lend-lease shipment to Britain were reported by an Agriculture Department official. The total crop was about 96000000 pounds, with tend-leaf supplies prepared under a special process and shipped in barrels.
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U. S
British
Washington
Britain
Agriculture Department
Chenango County Fair Cancelled for National Defense
The Chenango County Fair was shelved today after a board vote to cancel the exhibition in the interest of national defense. This marks the first cancellation in nearly a century encompassing about 100 years.
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Chenango County Fair
Iiter
National Defense
First United States Army Air Corps raid on German held territory
U.S. air crews in six Douglas light bombers joined RAF depths in a daylight attack over Germany, targeting a strongly defended zone while British and American air forces extend operations in Europe. The mission marks a historic expansion of American air power in the European theater and lifts morale among Americans in London as July 4 celebrations continue.
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Pacific
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England
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London
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Tractor accident claims Floyd Sherman at Perry Center
Floyd Sherman aged 78 died when a farm tractor rolled and pinned him yesterday near Perry Center. Initial police say the incident occurred during a field task.
British Bay 28 Planes in Egypt Drive Rommel Back
British Eighth Army, newly reinforced, halted Rommel’s eastward push near El Alamein as Axis air and ground losses mounted. RAF and USAAF bombers attacked supply lines while British defenders held the line, with fighting centering on the northern end of a 35 mile stretch toward Alexandria.
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Egypt
Cairo
Stockholm
London
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Mediterranean
Qaitara
Government to Sell Surplus Wheat for Livestock Feed
Senate approved a bill to permit sale of 125 million bushels of government held wheat at not less than 85 percent parity, about 83 cents. House banned use of funds for admin costs tied to sub parity sales. Parity payments would include soil conservation aid in computing farmers' returns. Senator Norris supported the move, Senator Ellender endorsed the Senate stance as right.
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Norris
Ellender
D-La
House
Roosevelt
Exclusion of Toys as War Economy Opposed
Dr. Ada Hart Arnitt of Cincinnati argues toys should not be cut from family budgets in wartime. She says fear arises when a child’s world changes and toys educate the young, akin to books for schoolchildren, and that security in the environment aids normal development.
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Cincinnati
Ada Hart Arnitt
University of Cincinnati
World's Oldest Steeplejack Dies in Rochester Fall
Rochester obituary reports the death of 76 year old Fired Smith known as the Human Fly and claimed as the world's oldest steeplejack. He fell from a 5 foot Marpole scaffold while painting and died yesterday. Smith earned his trade on spars of old sailing vessels and held a local monopoly on flag pole painting. He once aimed to scale the Eiffel Tower in Paris to win a wager.
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Rochester
Smith
Eiffel Tower
Paris
Governor Adkins Speech Cut by Camera Fire Incident
In Little Rock Arkansas on July 4 Governor Adkins delivered a speech for a State Defense Council event. The camera malfunctioned during his motion picture debut as the sound cameras burned out a bearing and filming halted with Adkins joking he broke the current.
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Little Rock
Ark
Ywuomer
Adkins
State Defense Council
Sevastopol Defenders Surrounding Forces Report Soviet Victory
The Soviet Information Bureau reported Sevastopol held against the German June offensive while defenders endured great losses. It states 11,385 killed 21,090 wounded 8,300 missing for Soviet troops from June 7 to July 3 with 30 tanks and 77 planes lost. German losses exceeded 250 tanks and 300 planes amid heavy fighting on the Khersones Peninsula.
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Red Army
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Caucasus
D. T. Kozlov
Khersones
E. S. Oktyabrschy
Perekop Isthmus
Crimean
Ukraine
Information Bureau
Fritz von Mannstein
Nazi Units Advancing On Don River Front
Berlin reports German mobile detachments advancing steadily toward the Don after what officials call a gigantic breakthrough on the Southern Russian front.
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Berlin
Jugh
Bermuda to ease auto ban if war disrupts supply
Bermuda may lift its strict automobile ban as wartime shipping strains force adjustments. Officials say horse drawn carriages and bicycles dominate roads, but supply disruptions could require motor trucks to deliver essential goods like milk and food.
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Hamilton
Siwin
Bermuds
Works Board Chatignan
Tractor Accident Claims Perry Center Youth
A student named Flord Sherman, 18, was killed when a tractor he operated overturned and crushed him near Perry Center on July 4. Authorities reported the fatal farming accident and began investigating the incident.
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Perry Center
Flord Sherman
Ines
Fourth of July 1942 Amid Global War Unity
Allied nations mark Independence Day as war rages from Africa to the Pacific. Cordell Hull urges renewed effort and freedom under God as Australians, Cubans, Mexicans and others join in celebrations, while production keeps pace with war needs.
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Red Cros Washington Choir
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Tole
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Ariz
Westpem
U Boat Toll in Atlantic Rises to 335 29
Fire and explosions aboard a U boat attacked ship in the Gulf of Mexico ku. Fourteen men escaped in a lifeboat while others remained trapped by flames and crew members were roasted in their bunks. Meanwhile small-boat makers urge Navy tests for mass produced tiny craft to combat submarines.
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Navy
National Organization of Small Plant Owners
James V. Forrestal
Knox
H. Paul Prigg
Miami
Fila
Tugwell urges Puerto Rico to elect its own governor
Governor Tugwell proposes granting Puerto Rico the right to elect a governor from among its people. He views it as a step toward statehood or independence and a practical move to honor Atlantic Charter promises. He favors a free Puerto Rican governor election in 1944 unless wartime conditions require delay.
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Washington
Resford Guy Tugwell
Rooce
Puerto Rico
Torwell
Caribbean
Tugwell
Tugeed
Lightning Strikes Kill Oil Firm Executive and Wound Family
Albert Carpenter Galt 48, an oil firm executive, died after a lightning bolt struck near a sheltering party at the Beanst on Community Golf Course. His daughter Bel dy, 2, suffered severe injuries, later taken to Bean ton Hospital with paralyzed legs. physicians offered cautious recovery prospects.
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Albert Carpenter Galt
Dughter Beldy
Uke Rey
Beaniston
Gall
Miss Gelt
Beaneton Hospital
Bund Chief Kunze Seized in Mexico in Espionage Case
Federal indictment accuses Kunze national Bund leader of passing military and defense information to Axis contacts via Mexico. Co defendants Dr Otto Willumeit Dr Wolfgang Ebell and Rev Kurt Mohlzahn pleaded not guilty. Willumeit pleaded guilty. Kunze facing trial with others set for July 15 in Hartford.
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Chicago
Hartford
Richard H. Simons
Connecticut
FBI
Kunze
Thomas J. Dodd, Jr
United States
Mexico
Bund
Fritz Kuhn
New York
Molzahn
Philadelphia
Dr. Willameit
Ebell
el Paso
Chihauahau
Vonsiatsky
Chianahau
Ebel
Camden
N. J
Newton
Yaphank L. I
New Jersey
State Supreme Court
Washington pension initiative headed for November ballot
An initiative to liberalize Washington’s old age pension system was assured a place on the November election ballot. It would raise pensions with cost of living rises and shift payment above federal matching levels to the state. About 175000 signatures were verified, exceeding the 50000 required.
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Olympia
Wash
Washington
V Mail Service for Pacific Troops Due Next Week
Eastman Kodak announces a new V-mail service for U S servicemen in the Pacific. The system will photographically copy soldiers mail in Honolulu or San Francisco and air it to the moving station for photostatic rendering and delivery. It supplements the existing transatlantic Federal mail program.
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